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The result was: promoted by PanydThe muffin is not subtle 15:05, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Smith Campus Center

 * ... that in 1963 the Harvard Crimson wrote of the school's newest building "The one nice feature about Holyoke Center is that it's the one place in Cambridge from which you can't see Holyoke Center"?
 * Reviewed: Chimneystack Run

Created by EEng (talk). Self nominated at 07:18, 25 December 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Long enough. New enough. The hook is correctly formatted but I think it should be "university" not "school". Image is free and correctly captioned. Hook fact is cited inline in the article. Article is adequately referenced. There would seem to be an opportunity for Alts based on it being a "grey elephant" (which is quite amusing) or like a car accident. There is a problem with the original hook in that according to the source, the Crimson was actually quoting a joke made by someone else so it would need to be revised accordingly. I detected no close paraphrasing or copyvios. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:26, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Gosh, you're right!
 * ALT1 ... that the joke about Harvard University's new administrative building was, "The one nice feature about Holyoke Center is that it's the one place in Cambridge from which you can't see Holyoke Center"?
 * ALT2: ... that a Harvard University official referred to ongoing technical problems with Holyoke Center as "like a five-car accident at an intersection. You just can't tell what caused it"?
 * ALT3: ... that Harvard University's Brutalist administrative building Smith Campus Center has been called a "grey elephant"?
 * EEng (talk) 02:49, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go. Linked Harvard University and added building in the hooks. All the Alts are OK. IMHO 3 is best then 2, 1 is cumbersome. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:57, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Sorry to prolong this, but I've had a brainstorm:
 * ALT4 ... that problems with Harvard's gray elephant were "like a five-car accident at an intersection. You just can't tell what caused it"?
 * ALT5 ... that problems with a gray elephant were "like a five-car accident at an intersection. You just can't tell what caused it"?
 * ALT6 ... that problems with a brutalist gray elephant were "like a five-car accident at an intersection. You just can't tell what caused it"?

ALTs 4,5,6, might be hookier without the photo. EEng (talk) 22:51, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I find all those and the original Alts to be acceptable so I am ticking again. The last is the best I think. I would click to find out what a brutalist grey elephant was. Agree better without a pic for the last three. Philafrenzy (talk) 00:50, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell from the cited sources, it's been called a gray elephant, if the spelling matters. Either kind of hook, elephant or accident, should rouse the curious to clicking; no preference. If they can be combined, as in ALT 6, all the better. Hertz1888 (talk) 01:09, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I doubt it matters how the colour is spelt. EEng (talk) 03:25, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Unless it's spelt wheat. Hertz1888 (talk) 03:53, 28 December 2014 (UTC)